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Michael Kenneth Williams Talks Wonderful World and Omar of The Wire

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.04.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: The Wire, The Road, Michael Kenneth Williams Interview, Gone Baby Gone, Life During Wartime, Ben Affleck, Todd Solondz, David Simon, Wonderful World, Omar Little, Marshall Fine Interview, Matthew Broderick, Entertainment News

"I'm a little rusty at chess," Williams says. "Matthew [Broderick] has got me by a hair." Williams smiles at the memory -- and seems tickled simply by the fact that he's a working actor.

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Angelina Jolie Narrates Story Of Cambodian Sex Slave

Posted 12.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Ben Affleck, Sex Slavery, Cambodian Sex Slavery, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie, Cambodia, Nicholas Kristof, Human Trafficking, Cambodia Human Trafficking, Impact News

Angelina Jolie has joined Ben Affleck and Demi Moore in an effort to highlight the plight of desperate women in Third World countries by narrating a v...

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Sundance Line Up Announced: Holmes, Affleck, Fanning, More

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Katie Holmes, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Dakota Fanning, Ben Affleck, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck, Katie Holmes, rapper 50 Cent and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" co-stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are taking...

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Ten Films For The Coming Weeks

John Farr | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Graduate, Fred MacMurray, Woody Allen, Thanksgiving, Paul Simon, The Thin Man, The Apartment, Animal House, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Father of the Bride Movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Grant, Burt Reynolds, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Stanwyck, Blake Edwards, Boogie Nights, Grace Kelly, Julianne Moore, Matthew McConaughey, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack Lemmon, Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Preston Sturges, Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Taylor, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, William Powell, John C. Reilly, It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Season Commentary, To Catch a Thief, Billy Wilder, Mark Wahlberg, A Christmas Carol, Dazed and Confused, Jon Voight, Parties, Henry Fonda, Mad Men, Midnight Cowboy, Shirley MacLaine, P.T. Anderson, Annie Hall, Richard Linklater, Myrna Loy, Heather Graham, The Love Boat, Entertainment News

Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.

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Oren Moverman delivers with The Messenger

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sydney Pollack, Ben Foster, The Messenger, Woody Harrelson, Ben Affleck, Oren Moverman Interview, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News

It's referred to as "development hell" - that period between when a script is optioned and when it gets a green light - an endless series of notes, me...

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Matt Damon And Ben Affleck Are Related

AP | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment

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BOSTON — It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators. According to the New England Genealogica...

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Q&A: Actress Jennifer Garner Is Treated to The Invention of Lying

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ricky Gervais, "The Invention of Lying, Jennifer Garner, The Office, The Twilight Zone, Ben Affleck, Elektra, Science Fiction, Alias, Entertainment News

British comic Ricky Gervais has one kicky concept behind his directorial debut, The Invention of Lying. On an alternate earth, humanity lacks the capacity for lying so truth-telling is just telling.

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Matt Damon Eats Ben Affleck To Gain Weight For The Informant!

The Hollywood Ham | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Good Will Hunting, The Informant!, The Informant, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Satire, Comedy News

"What, would you rather me eat Casey Affleck?" Damon asked. "Let's get serious."

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Transformative: Le Cinema de Michael Bay

William Bradley | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

The fact that it is considered preposterous for a writer to not dismiss Bay's work in the most vehement of terms points up a dramatic disconnect between the critical community and the movie-going audience.

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5 Ways Women Can Make Changes Across Generations

Emmie Twombly | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Sally Field, Vital Voices, Ben Affleck, Women's Rights, Global Trailblazer Award, Diane Von Furstenberg, Candice Bergen, Cambodia, Kennedy Center, Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News

The women of Vital Voices are defining success on their own terms in their own countries, organizations and families.

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Famous Men And Facial Hair: Love Them Or Shave Them? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 07.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Sarsgaard, Brad Pitt, Liev Schreiber, Prince William, Mel Gibson, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Ben Affleck, Penn Badgley, Matthew Broderick, Slidepoll, Slideshow, Snl, Entertainment News

Famous beards continue to grow out into new and odd facial hair, sometimes for roles and other times not. From Matthew Broderick's Broadway-required s...

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Keith Olbermann Lashes Out Against Sources Of Maddow-Affleck Meltdown Rumor (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

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Update: Keith Olbermann scrapped his planned "WTF!?!" segment Thursday night on Roberta McCain and instead devoted the segment to addressing this rumo...

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State of Play

Michael Jones | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Newspaper Movies, Helen Mirren, State of Play, State of Play Review, Entertainment News

With rapacious pirates attacking ships, the Taliban executing eloping couples and the ongoing murderousness in Mexico, it's beyond irony that Hollywood sees more drama in the economics of newspapers.

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HuffPost Review -- State of Play (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Review, Universal, Russell Crow, State of Play, Thriller, Ben Affleck, Blogging, Movies, Helen Mirren, Journalism, Entertainment News

State of Play is the sort of movie that "they just don't make anymore." Despite its attempts to include newfangled ideas regarding journalism, it is a refreshingly old-fashioned star-driven thriller.

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It's Official: I'm Not Famous

Stephen Collins | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood, Ben Affleck, State of Play, Movies, Entertainment News

Rodney Dangerfield, I feel your pain. In the new movie State of Play, Ben Affleck plays a politician named Stephen Collins. No one on was concerned about having a major character in their movie with my name.

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Stars Light 'Candles For Rwanda' For Genocide Survivors (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Forest Whitaker, Tony Blair, Nancy Pelosi, Genocide, Sandra Bullock, Celebrity, Clive Owen, Desmond Tutu, Ben Affleck, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Rwanda, World News

On this tragic anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, 10,000 candles are being lit in Kigali. The ceremony is the beginning of a mass global remembrance, which will continue for a hundred days.

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Ben Affleck: Why Violet Swears In German (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violet Affleck, Video, Ben Affleck, Celebrity Kids, Jay Leno, Entertainment News

Ben Affleck sat down with Jay Leno Thursday night and told a story about 3-year-old daughter Violet's introduction to a German swear word. On to prom...

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Ben Affleck Reports From Congo

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

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Ben Affleck has written an essay for TIME about his trips to Congo and the devastating conflict there. The picture of the eastern region of the Demo...

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Audiences Into "He's Just Not That Into You," Not Steve Martin

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Martin, He's Just Not That Into You, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Pink Panther 2, Film, Drew Barrymore, Box Office, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Movie fans were into "He's Just Not That Into You" as the ensemble romance got a jump on Valentine's Day to lead the weekend box o...

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"He's Just Not That Into You" Premiere: Aniston, Drew, Connelly, Scarlett's New Hair (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment

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The new romantic comedy "He's Just Not That Into You" premiered in Los Angeles Monday night. The celeb-heavy cast turned out, including Jennifer Anist...

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Movie Review: He's Just Not That Into You

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chick Flicks, Marshall Fine Movie Review, He's Just Not That Into You, Women, Sex and the City: The Movie, Relationships, Sex and the City, Ben Affleck, Movies, Movie Reviews, Bride Wars, Jennifer Aniston, Romance, Sex, Dating, Kate Hudson Bride Wars, Entertainment News

Even more shocking for a chick flick: The women in this movie aren't all saints. Some are painfully needy, some are willfully clueless and some are predatory -- just like guys.

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"He's Just Not That Into You": Gentle Despite The A-List Cast

nytimes.com | MARGY ROCHLIN | Posted 03.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jennife Aniston, Film, Ben Affleck, He's Just Not That Into You, Scarlett Johansson, Entertainment News

In this way Mr. Kwapis's latest film, "He's Just Not That Into You," though it boasts a marquee-busting roster of A-list Hollywood names including Jen...

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Newsweek Responds To Ben Affleck: "It's Like Blaming Gigli For Hollywood's Problems"

New York Magazine | Jessica Pressler | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

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Ben Affleck, like most Hollywood stars, thinks that magazine covers really matter. Last week, he was criticizing the TARP bill to a reporter for Polit...

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Ben Affleck Slams Newsweek, Trashes TARP At HuffPost Pre-Inaugural Party

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.20.2009 | Media

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Affleck, particularly interested in TARP--which he called "a miss"--leveled harsh criticism of Henry Paulson, and Newsweek's "King Henry" cover from S...

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Park City Aka Bark City, Utah

Wendy Diamond | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris Hilton, Sundance Film Festival, Wendy Diamond, The Fantastic Four, Beyonce, Sting, Courtney Semel, Brent Bolthouse, Donovan Leitch, Casey Johnson, Seraphina Affleck, Ben Affleck, Mary Kate Olsen, Eliza Dushku, Danny Masterson, New York City, Barack Obama, Ashley Olsen, Grk, Got Milk, Mariah Carey, Rin Tin Tin, Jennifer Garner, Trudie Styler, Park City Utah, Norman Stweart, Entertainment News

In Utah, it's: Let's Bark City, not Park City.

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